Jagsi Study on Conflicts of Interest
A study by lead author Reshma Jagsi, MD, DPhil, on conflicts of interest in cancer research has received considerable media attention. For the original study in the journal Cancer, go to http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122381054/abstract?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0
Media reports have appeared in Science Daily, http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090511090846.htm
on Michigan Radio, http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/michigan/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1504065§ionID=1
in Health News Digest, http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Cancer_Issues_660/29_of_Cancer_Studies_Report_Conflict_of_Interest.shtml
in the Toronto Globe and Mail, http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090512.wlfreebies12art1832/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/home
Additional authors on the study were Nathan Sheets, Aleksandra Jankovic, Amy R. Motomura, Sudha Amarnath, and Peter A. Ubel.
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Peter Ubel, MD
Peter A. Ubel, MD, is Professor of Medicine and Professor of Psychology at the University of Michigan; a primary care physician at the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Medical Center; Associate Director of the Michigan Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars...
Aleksandra Jankovic, MS
Sanja grew up in Belgrade, Serbia, where she earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Belgrade. She moved to the United States in 1999, and in December 2002, she graduated from the Master of General Experimental Psychology program at Eastern Michigan University. Her...
Reshma Jagsi, MD, PhD
Reshma Jagsi is an Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology at the University of Michigan. Dr. Jagsi holds undergraduate and medical degrees from Harvard University and a doctorate in social policy from Oxford University. Her clinical practice and clinical research focus on the management of...